Xiao (Zhou King)

Xiao , King of Zhou or Hsiao, King of Chou ( Chinese : 周孝王; Pinyin : Zhōu Xìao Wáng ) was the eighth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty . He probably ruled from 872 BC. BC to 866 BC Chr.

Life

Along with Gong , Yih and Yi, Xiao is one of those kings about whose reign only very little is known. Xiao was the uncle of his predecessor Yih, who the bamboo annals say that he left the capital Zongzhou and went to Huaili in the 15th year of his reign . Xiao Yih probably ousted her power, forced her to flee and ascended the throne himself. This irregular succession to the throne would explain the annotations in the chronicles as to why the Zhou loyal Lords had to reinstate Yi. It would also explain why the inscriptions on the ritual bronzes from this period of the Western Zhou Dynasty use different royal time counts at the same time.

family

King Mu
周穆王

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King Gong
周共王

King Xiao
周孝王

King Yi
周懿王

King Yi
周夷王

Individual evidence

^ Edward L. Shaughnessy : Calendar and Chronology . In: Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy (Eds.): The Cambridge History of Ancient China . Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8 , pp. 25 .
^ Edward L. Shaughnessy: Western Zhou History . In: Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy (Eds.): The Cambridge History of Ancient China . Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8 , pp. 328 f .

predecessor	Office	successor
Yi	King of China 872 BC Chr. – 866 BC Chr.	Yi

personal data
SURNAME	Xiao
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ji Pifang; Zhou Xiaowang; Hsia from Chou; Chou Hsiawang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	eighth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	before 891 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 866 BC Chr.

[Shaughnessy25-1] Edward L. Shaughnessy : Calendar and Chronology . In: Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy (Eds.): The Cambridge History of Ancient China . Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8 , pp. 25 .

[Shaughnessy328-2] Edward L. Shaughnessy: Western Zhou History . In: Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy (Eds.): The Cambridge History of Ancient China . Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8 , pp. 328 f .